Thank you!
I see this is a deprecated module, might I break something else?
Thanks again,
john
Robert Kern-2 wrote:
>
> John wrote:
>> Hello, could someone please help me understand a strange problem,
>> possibly associated with PYTHONPATH. When I import matplotlib, pylab, or
>> scipy from any directory other than the root installation directory, it
>> fails. However, if I'm in the python installation directory there are no
>> errors. Thanks in advance! Please see below:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ python*
>> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Mar 7 2008, 04:10:12)
>> [GCC 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import scipy
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 18, in
>> <module>
>> import pkg_resources as _pr # activate namespace packages
>> (manipulates __path__)
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2581,
>> in <module>
>> add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 640, in
>> subscribe
>> callback(dist)
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2581,
>> in <lambda>
>> add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2130,
>> in activate
>> map(declare_namespace, self._get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'))
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1749,
>> in declare_namespace
>> _handle_ns(packageName, path_item)
>> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1712,
>> in _handle_ns
>> module = sys.modules[packageName] = new.module(packageName)
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'module'
>
> You have a new.py module somewhere which is interfering with the standard
> library's "new" module. Find it and rename it.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
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> enigma
> that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though
> it had
> an underlying truth."
> -- Umberto Eco
>
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